Why Was Blake Lively Sketching at Dior?

Leighton Meester and Blake Lively are in Paris filming the next season of Gossip Girl, and the former's been spotted shopping at Céline while the latter prefers a front row seat at actual couture shows — Blake popped up at Dior yesterday morning. Most people wield flip cams and iPhones in the front row, but she broke out a pencil and paper and started sketching Galliano's floral masterpieces. Why?

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1. She could be starting her own line. There's been a slight lull when it comes to new celebrity clothing lines and a CW star's kind of a prime candidate to jump back on that bandwagon.

2. She's branching out. Maybe she's over the tight Versace and bodycon Herve Leger she's lived in for three years as Serena van der Woodsen and she's embracing a softer look full of flowers and pink. (But probably not.)

3. She's preparing to blog? Really, the Gossip Girl cast should blog in character, but maybe Blake's just gotten really into fashion illustrators like Garance Dore and Blue Logan and she's giving the art a shot, in which case we want to see.

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